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title: "Lancashire Prison Buddy Service"
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# Lancashire Prison Buddy Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lancashire-prison-buddy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-035ba2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Lancashire County Council: "Lancashire Prison Buddy Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,100,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Nov 2022, 10:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.lancashire.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Lancashire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/lancashire-county-council-ons-e10000017)
- **Published Value:** £1,100,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 November 2022 at 10:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Services related to the detention or rehabilitation of criminals
- **Delivery Location:** UKD4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,100,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lancashire-prison-buddy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-035ba2#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-035ba2`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lancashire-prison-buddy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-035ba2#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [lancashire.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lancashire.gov.uk%2Fbusiness%2Ftenders-and-procurement%2Ftenders%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lancashire-prison-buddy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-035ba2#participate

## Description
This is a Prison Buddy Service which will provide peer to peer support through a formal framework and governance arrangement. The Care Act places responsibility on Local Authorities to work jointly with prisons to provide social care support for all prisoners who meet the eligibility criteria.  This contract will be provided across 5 prison sites:
• HMP Wymott
• HMP Garth
• HMP Preston
• HMP Kirkham
• HMP Lancaster Farms
The budget for this first year will be between £100,000 and £120,000.  In following years the contract may be required to support more than the maximum number of Buddies and may be required to work across more than the five Prisons due to the potential introduction of a new Prison to be located in the Lancashire area or due to demand for Buddies exceeding the expectations of this contract. Should this arise, the Service may be required to support additional Buddies . The Service Provider will be offered additional funds to implement any incremental increase up to a maximum total contract value of  £1,100,000.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 75231200
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £1,100,000
- **Description:** This was an open Light Touch Procurements to provide a Prison Buddy Service which will provide peer to peer support through a formal framework and governance arrangement. The Care Act places responsibility on Local Authorities to work jointly with pr...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2023 to 31/03/2026

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 002846-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Recoop**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-74028`
  - Value: £1,100,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 002846-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,100,000
  - Signed Date: 30/01/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002846-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-01-30T16:58:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T00:28:18.502Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-035ba2